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You gotta be humble man, you're what, 22 or so. Respectfully, you still don't know shit. Live a couple more decades and then see how correct you were at this age
You gotta be humble man, you're what, 22 or so. Respectfully, you still don't know shit. Live a couple more decades and then see how correct you were at this age
You gotta be humble man, you're what, 22 or so. Respectfully, you still don't know shit. Live a couple more decades and then see how correct you were at this age
Most literary and film criticism is all bullshit word painting and using slick bullshitting to literally fit any interpretation of whatever you want in a movie. Quick example:
Billy madison is a story about the perils of growing up and the struggle between comfort and fulfilling ones potential. In the bathroom scene the swan represents the super ego of Billy judging him and his man child ways.
I have read various essays, books, reviews and learned how to rate films objectively based on various critics and directors.
Tastes are subjective, quality is not
Whatever you like it or not; Memento's directing, editing and story structure is excellent. Tombstone didn’t bring anything new unlike it or fight club.
You sound like a stereotype of a pseudo intellectual film nerd, who knows a lot of technical terms, but can't explain in your own words what makes them good.
"Film A is better than Film B because of its editing, cinematography, and directing."
"Give a detailed explanation of why those aspects are better than film B."
"Umm, well, like, just look at it. The quality is higher in those aspects."
You sound like a stereotype of a pseudo intellectual film nerd, who knows a lot of technical terms, but can't explain in your own words what makes them good.
"Film A is better than Film B because of its editing, cinematography, and directing."
"Give a detailed explanation of why those aspects are better than film B."
"Umm, well, like, just look at it. The quality is higher in those aspects."
Ad hominem yet nothing supports the thesis that this overrated film is a 9, lol.
Want to know why I think Fight Club or Memento are actual great? Ok, lol
Memento which is practically a treatise on nonlinear editing: still today it is considered one of the peaks of neo-noir and perhaps a masterpiece and has enormous cinematic strength for example by choosing a different formal register depending on the type of situation it wants to describe, with POV or semi-subjective shots in black and white to show that what we see is the result of Leonard's point of view, with distant shots to give an objective approach to what Leonard looks at or reads.
The contrast between objectivity and subjectivity so dear to Nolan is evident not only on a thematic level but first of all on a stylistic level, which, as I said before, serves to communicate a content.
It is cinema, not an illustrated genre film. On top of that, the directing, editing and cinematography is top notch.
Ad hominem yet nothing supports the thesis that this overrated film is a 9, lol.
Want to know why I think Fight Club or Memento are actual great? Ok, lol
Memento which is practically a treatise on nonlinear editing: still today it is considered one of the peaks of neo-noir and perhaps a masterpiece and has enormous cinematic strength for example by choosing a different formal register depending on the type of situation it wants to describe, with POV or semi-subjective shots in black and white to show that what we see is the result of Leonard's point of view, with distant shots to give an objective approach to what Leonard looks at or reads.
The contrast between objectivity and subjectivity so dear to Nolan is evident not only on a thematic level but first of all on a stylistic level, which, as I said before, serves to communicate a content.
It is cinema, not an illustrated genre film. On top of that, the directing, editing and cinematography is top notch.
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